The Pirate Bay just wants to be free

Tired of constantly being hounded and caught in the middle of a brutal piracy debate in their native Sweden, The Pirate Bay has come up with an alternative plan to provide shared content to the masses without prosecution or interference from any government body. They want to become their own country.

Yes, The Pirate Bay has decided to take donations to purchase the man made, independent nation of Sealand off the coast of the UK. They believe that in Sealand, they will be able to claim themselves as an independent sovereign nation free of jurisdiction and share digital content with no one bothering them.

The owners have setup a domain name to advertise their interest in the tiny man made nation of Sealand. They promise that participation in "making history together" will guarantee you high speed VIP downloads through TPB's website.

Of course, no other countries in the world currently recognize Sealand as a nation and there is bound to be ramifications to come of this, should it ever go through, but you have to give credit to TPB for originality. I, for one, support their idea just for the sheer ingenuity of it and hope that when they do buy the island, they arrive in a huge pirate ship, flying a Jolly Roger and wearing puffy shirts.

how come the pirate bay gets shit on all the time but last fantasy and slysoft have never been botherd once? i think they just need to move to china or wherever slysoft is located. didnt hollad rule that operating file sharing networks is legal back in the kazaa days?

There will be a problem, the electricity providers will be told a big lawsuit will form if they service that country. Sealand sounds like a great place to live, a new nation with great opportunity until bills become larger than income. I want to move.

sssharp (Junior Member) 12 January 2007 23:07
There will be a problem, the electricity providers will be told a big lawsuit will form if they service that country. Sealand sounds like a great place to live, a new nation with great opportunity until bills become larger than income. I want to move.
they are in the ocean they can set up solar or wind energy for power !!!!!!

Like the idea BUT. For TPB to do this then there gonna have to get the current owner to sell, and it ain't gonna be cheap. Plus some betting company's already use this "island" to house there servers, mostly on-line betting sites i believe so they shouldn't have to buy it as such

Who is going to supply the underwater connections they will need and the money for it? Or perhaps they are going to skip the physical connections and just use a satellite link. Costs starting to add up...
And even if they get the bux for either, those services could be revoked at anytime by the companies providing them, especially if they are threatened with a lawsuit or two.
Interesting idea but it's not practical. Donations will just be funding the fines that are coming TPB's way.

That is amazing!!!!just hope america does'nt get the hump and try somthing so silly as to stop 'freeshare'why is it illigal to stop people from sharin(apart from virus,malware,adware,spyware,ect)files this is the state of humanity sharing with the best intentions!Increase the peace!

umm... USA will not invade.. as it will be an act of terrorism.. and look at the picture.. do you actually think your average "person" will climb up there and destory things?.. i doubt they will find the exact one the pirate bay will buy.. and its already for sale.. they dont have to get current owners to sell.. its already up for sale.. and yes you can set up solar and wind power for electricity.. if they are just runing a few servers.. u wont need much.. also it would be an act of war if usa attacked.. and im sure we have our own problems over in iraq.. for them to worry about copywrited material.. also the pirate bay site will be fine.. just because they can share it.. doesnt mean its legal for us to download.. so there will still be lawsuits..

As much a public relations spoof for TPB to do this, it would be P.R. suicide for the M.A.F.I.A.A. to possibly do anything if they were to move to Sealand. I can see it now... RIAA sends secretly hired goons to scale walls of Sealand and destroy satellite link to mainland. Uses evil tactics to undermine companies doing business with them.
They are indeed the MAFIA. Doing whatever it takes to stop file sharing. By whatever evil/immoral means necessary

They should start a Casino and Ho House, they already have two phallic symbols for advertising and UncleScam can’t touch them unless they start producing yellow cake, that’s uranium waste for those that don’t understand.

Quote:They want to become their own country.
Yes, The Pirate Bay has decided to take donations to purchase the man made, independent nation of Sealand off the coast of the UK. They believe that in Sealand, they will be able to claim themselves as an independent sovereign nation free of jurisdiction and share digital content with no one bothering them.

Now thats what i call being creative. I bet no noe else thought of this great idea.